October 16, 2019, Strategic Culture
Foundation (Russia) https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/10/16/the-russian-masterpiece-in-syria-everyone-wins/
Federico PIERACCINI*
“Moscow and Damascus have always maintained they
are against any form of partition or illegal foreign presence in Syria.”
Moscow has managed to maintain contacts with all
parties in the conflict, even in spite of its stance against partition and
illegal foreign presence. Trilateral talks between Iran, Turkey and Russia
occurred in Astana at Moscow’s urging. Putin managed to bring together in Sochi
the Syrian government and opposition groups to discuss the future of Syria. In
Geneva, Moscow mediated between Damascus and the international community,
shielding Syria from the diplomatic skulduggery of the US and other enemies of
Syria.
Turkey, solely as a result of its defeat in Syria,
now finds itself in active dialogue with Moscow and Tehran. As Ankara
experiences worsening relations with Washington and other European capitals,
Moscow saw a great opportunity to bring Turkey closer to Damascus.
Russia’s operation was complicated and required a
lot of patience; but thanks to negotiations supervised by Russia, together with
the bravery and courage of Syrian soldiers, almost all
